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2021 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Logistics Companies in North America
Up Front
The pandemic-driven spike in online shopping has forced firms to adjust operations.
For the 2021 list, we've decided to use a different metric to rank companies.
Find out where the Top 50 are located by U.S. region.
Rankings
Rank Company Total Refrigerated Storage (Millions of Cu. Ft.) No. of Warehouses
1 Lineage Logistics 2,100.0 340
2 Americold Logistics 1,410.0 186
3 United States Cold Storage 376.0 42
4 XPO Logistics 175.0 336
5 VersaCold Logistics Services 120.0 27
6 Penske Logistics 77.3 94
7 Burris Logistics 75.6 14
8 Conestoga Cold Storage 64.0 5
9 Midwest Refrigerated Services 45.9 7
10 Hanson Logistics 43.0 7
11 Trenton Cold Storage 34.0 8
12 Confederation Freezers 29.0 8
13 FW Logistics 24.0 16
14 RLS Logistics 20.0 5
15 NFI 16.0 132
16 Covenant Logistics Group 10.5 12
17 Geodis (North America) 1.4 171
18 Rinchem Co. 1.2 21
19 Peoples Services 1.0 45
Extras
Evan Armstrong breaks down how COVID-19 challenged companies in 2020.
53

On the Bubble

Redwood Logistics ($804 million), Chicago, provides custom brokerage, dedicated contract carriage, freight brokerage, intermodal and drayage, inventory management and packaging, order fulfillment, returned goods management, supply chain consulting, transportation management and warehousing and distribution.
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Logistics News
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises in November

Intermodal rail volume for November rose 2.7%, and the weekly average volume was the highest level on record for the month, the Association of American Railroads reported.

December 5, 2014
Business, Logistics, Autonomous

Economy Continues Expansion; Trucking Revenue Rises, Fed Says

The national economy continued to expand from early October to late November as some of the 12 districts reported higher trucking revenue, the Federal Reserve said.

December 3, 2014
Business, Logistics

Canada Extends Order on Rail Shipment to Alleviate Grain Backlog

Canada extended an order that requires the country’s two largest railways to ship a minimum amount of grain each week until March 28.

December 1, 2014
Business, Logistics, Equipment

Historic Month for Trailers

Trailer manufacturers received a record 47,810 new orders in October, smashing the previous mark by more than 25%, ACT Research reported.

December 1, 2014
Business, Logistics

Trailer Orders Surge to Record High

Trailer orders leaped to a record-high 47,810 in October, almost doubling from a year ago, ACT Research Co. reported.

Michael G. Malloy | Web Editor
November 24, 2014
Business, Logistics

DHL Sets 4.9% Rate Increase for 2015

DHL Express has set a 4.9% average price increase for its account holders, effective Jan. 2.

Michael G. Malloy | Web Editor
November 21, 2014
Business, Logistics

Intermodal Traffic Rises 2.6% for Week

U.S. rail intermodal traffic increased 2.6% in the week ended Nov. 15 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

November 21, 2014
Business, Logistics

LiveOnWeb Replay: The 2014 Top 50 Logistics Companies

Watch a replay of our Nov. 19 installment of LiveOnWeb  that focused on Transport Topics' release of the 2014 Top 50 Logistics Companies. Our TT panel was joined by Bob Farrell, Executive Director of the Automobile Carriers Conference. The panel conducted an overview of the list, analyzed capacity and congestion concerns and discussed automobile manufacturing and delivery challenges.

November 20, 2014
Business, Logistics

Logistics Spending on an Upward Trend

Spending on logistics services is expected to accelerate in 2014 as the economy in the United States continues to expand and more companies outsource transportation management to third-party logistics companies.

November 19, 2014
Business, Logistics

Change at the Top, New Firms on List Shape Annual Survey

The 2014 edition of Transport Topics’ Top 50 Logistics Companies list produced a few surprises, some fast movers and some new names.

November 19, 2014
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